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On the Origins of Gender Roles : Women and the Plough

Alesina, Alberto F. - 2011

This paper seeks to better understand the historical origins of current differences in norms and beliefs about the appropriate role of women in society. We test the hypothesis that traditional agricultural practices influenced the historical gender division of labor and the evolution and...

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When the Levee Breaks : Black Migration and Economic Development in the American South

Hornbeck, Richard - 2012

In the American South, post-bellum economic stagnation has been partially attributed to white landowners' access to low-wage black labor; indeed, Southern economic convergence from 1940 to 1970 was associated with substantial black out-migration. This paper examines the impact of the Great...

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Information, Technology Adoption and Productivity : The Role of Mobile Phones in Agriculture

Gupta, Apoorv; Ponticelli, Jacopo; Tesei, Andrea - 2022

We study the effect of information on technology adoption and productivity in agriculture. Our empirical strategy exploits the expansion of the mobile phone network in previously uncovered areas of rural India coupled with the availability of call centers for agricultural advice. We measure...

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Subsidies and the Persistence of Technology Adoption : Field Experimental Evidence from Mozambique

Carter, Michael - 2015

We report the results of a randomized experiment testing impacts of subsidies for modern agricultural inputs in rural Mozambique. One-time provision of a voucher for fertilizer and improved seeds leads to substantial increases in fertilizer use, which persist through two subsequent agricultural...

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The Red Queen and the Hard Reds : Productivity Growth in American Wheat, 1800-1940

Olmstead, Alan L.; Rhode, Paul W. - 2021

The standard treatment of U.S. agriculture asserts that, before the 1930s, productivity growth was almost exclusively the result of mechanization rather than biological innovations. This paper shows that, to the contrary, U.S. wheat production witnessed a biological revolution during the 19th...

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Innovation, Growth and Structural Change in American Agriculture

Andersen, Matt A.; Pardey, Philip G. - 2022

U.S. agriculture was transformed during the 20th century by waves of innovation with mechanical, biological, chemical, and information technologies. Compared with a few decades ago, today’s agriculture is much less labor intensive and farms are much larger and more specialized, supplying a...

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Economics of Research and Innovation in Agriculture

Moser, Petra - 2021

Feeding the world’s growing population is one of the most critical policy challenges for the 21st century. With tightening constraints on water, arable land, and other natural resources, agricultural innovation is quickly becoming the most promising path meet the nutrient needs for future...

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From Learning to Doing : Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Guinea-Bissau

Martins Caeiro, Rute - 2022

This paper analyzes the role of social networks in the diffusion of knowledge and adoption of cultivation techniques, from trainees to the wider community, in the context of an extension project in Guinea-Bissau. In order to test for social learning, we exploit a detailed census of households...

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Intergeneration Transfer of Human Capital : Results from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan

Tsai, Wehn-Jyuan - 2011

-year increase in the schooling of either parent raises the probability that the child attends one of the top six colleges in Taiwan …

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Productivity, Output, and Failure : A Comparison of Taiwanese and Korean Manufacturers

Aw, Bee Yan - 2012

that despite many outward similarities, two of the most successful Southeast Asian economies, Taiwan and South Korea … Taiwan and identify a number of systematic differences in industry structure between the two countries. Our empirical … producers. These patterns are consistent with strong competitive pressures in Taiwan that lead to market selection based on …

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